CVE-2025-7657 — Use After Free in Google Chrome

CWE-416 — Use After Free10 documents9 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
OSV6.5
EPSS
0.1%
top 83.09%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Google ChromeChromiumJqlang JQ+1 more
Timeline
PublishedJul 15
Latest updateAug 20

Description

Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.157 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. (Chromium security severity: High)

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages5 packages

▶CVEListV5google/chrome138.0.7204.157 — 138.0.7204.157
▶NVDgoogle/chrome< 138.0.7204.157
▶Debianchromium/chromium< 138.0.7204.157-1~deb12u1+2
▶Ubuntujqlang/jq< 1.5+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm3+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
jq vulnerabilities↗2025-07-22
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CVEList
CVE-2025-7657: Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 138↗2025-07-15
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GHSA
GHSA-wc8w-c4fg-hj36: Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 138↗2025-07-15
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OSV
CVE-2025-7657: Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 138↗2025-07-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Chrome
Long Term Support Channel Update for ChromeOS: CVE-2025-7657↗2025-08-20
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Palo Alto
PAN-SA-2025-0014 Chromium: Monthly Vulnerability Update (August 2025)↗2025-08-13
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Microsoft
Chromium: CVE-2025-7657 Use after free in WebRTC↗2025-07-08
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Debian
CVE-2025-7657: chromium - Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 138.0.7204.157 allowed a remo...↗2025
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Bleepingcomputer
Google fixes actively exploited sandbox escape zero day in Chrome↗2025-07-16
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